7:00am Thursday 7th January 2010
By Philippa May
HEREFORDSHIRE Council’s heritage service is bringing an extraordinary exhibition by a Herefordborn sculptor to the city’s museum and art gallery this month.
Memories of the seaside, sandcastles and summer skies might be revived when looking at the exhibition of work by sculptor Eric Geddes at the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery from Saturday, January 16, until Wednesday, March 10.
Eric, now 81, was born in Hereford and attended the Cathedral School before leaving the county to take up a career in teaching.
In the 1950s and 60s, Eric’s sculptures developed from the traditional figurative to a more expressive and abstract style.
By the 1970s he had moved outside the studio and was using found materials.
Over the past 30 years the nature of what has constituted sculpture has been questioned, challenged and redefined to include a wider range of materials than before.
Eric was influenced by artists such as Richard Long, who were engaging directly with the landscape.
Eric now lives on the Isle of Wight and works mainly on the shorelines where he creates sculptures using materials that he finds washed up along the island’s coastline.
Once he has created a piece, he abandons it to the elements.
Eric photographs the work in its setting and the process of disintegration, presenting his images in single and multiple combinations which record the life of each piece.
The beach has been a rich source of ideas and materials for Eric over the years and more recently he has expanded his exploration of the flux and change of the seashore through video works continuing to capture the lifecycle of each piece he creates.
The exhibition will record both the making and decay of his works using journals, photography and film.
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